Re: [Harp-L] beginner gear?

[BiscuitBoy714@xxxxxxx]

In a message dated 3/5/2007 3:26:28 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
drfertig@xxxxxxxxx writes:
 
      I have to agree with getting good tone first  but as long as she has 
Blake helping her out she will have good chance of  getting good tone. I would 
have loved having an amp when I first learned, I  never really considered using 
an amp for a long time, I just got used to playing  through a PA because I 
was lucky enough to have a group of guys to carry me  until I could hold my own. 
I still don't really know about amping a harp other  than I know what sounds 
good to me. I use amps for both guitar and harp  so I kind settle for a 
compromise sound. Getting good tone without an amp  for years has really saved me 
though, but I see no reason not to use new  technology as long as it's not a 
substitute for practice. I hope she keeps it up  Blake and I hope you don't mind 
me volunteering you to teach her. We need more  women harp players. It would 
be the out right jam to have a woman play harp with  Bonnie Raitte (can't 
spell) as well as she plays slide. They would take over the  world of music.
        Randy
          

Any  newbie'd love some cool gear, but why not just have her try OPG (other  
people's gear) for now?   

The main thing I'd urge is for her  to spend lotsa time (years!) playing 
unamplified - in stairwells, barns, car,  bathrooms, beaches, anywhere,  getting 
her own acoustic tone down.  

I sometimes hear newbies with groovy gear, they can get some good tone  with 
it, but often not without it.  Too bad.

Ain't blues all about  personal tone and guts, anyway?  

-Dave  Fertig




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